backlight: lp855x: Make sure props struct is zeroed

Started by Bjorn Andersson on Aug 27, 2015 · 4 messages from 4 authors · Last reply Sep 19, 2015

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From: Werner Johansson <redacted>

The driver occasionally got stuck in suspend mode or other strange
states as those parts of the props struct were never initialized.

Signed-off-by: Werner Johansson <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Bjorn Andersson <redacted>
---
 drivers/video/backlight/lp855x_bl.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/lp855x_bl.c b/drivers/video/backlight/lp855x_bl.c
index 88116b493f3b..0a7f88ce1ab0 100644
--- a/drivers/video/backlight/lp855x_bl.c
+++ b/drivers/video/backlight/lp855x_bl.c
@@ -282,6 +282,7 @@ static int lp855x_backlight_register(struct lp855x *lp)
 	struct lp855x_platform_data *pdata = lp->pdata;
 	const char *name = pdata->name ? : DEFAULT_BL_NAME;
 
+	memset(&props, 0, sizeof(props));
 	props.type = BACKLIGHT_PLATFORM;
 	props.max_brightness = MAX_BRIGHTNESS;
 
-- 
1.8.2.2
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On 8/28/2015 2:41 AM, Bjorn Andersson wrote:
From: Werner Johansson <redacted>

The driver occasionally got stuck in suspend mode or other strange
states as those parts of the props struct were never initialized.
Acked-by: Milo Kim <redacted>

Thanks for catching this.
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From: Werner Johansson <redacted>

The driver occasionally got stuck in suspend mode or other strange
states as those parts of the props struct were never initialized.
Acked-by: Milo Kim <redacted>

Thanks for catching this.
You're most welcome! These issues can be difficult to track down, the stack is unpredictable.. 

/wj 
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On Thu, 27 Aug 2015, Bjorn Andersson wrote:
From: Werner Johansson <redacted>

The driver occasionally got stuck in suspend mode or other strange
states as those parts of the props struct were never initialized.

Signed-off-by: Werner Johansson <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Bjorn Andersson <redacted>
---
 drivers/video/backlight/lp855x_bl.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
Applied, thanks.
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diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/lp855x_bl.c b/drivers/video/backlight/lp855x_bl.c
index 88116b493f3b..0a7f88ce1ab0 100644
--- a/drivers/video/backlight/lp855x_bl.c
+++ b/drivers/video/backlight/lp855x_bl.c
@@ -282,6 +282,7 @@ static int lp855x_backlight_register(struct lp855x *lp)
 	struct lp855x_platform_data *pdata = lp->pdata;
 	const char *name = pdata->name ? : DEFAULT_BL_NAME;
 
+	memset(&props, 0, sizeof(props));
 	props.type = BACKLIGHT_PLATFORM;
 	props.max_brightness = MAX_BRIGHTNESS;
 
-- 
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